India's first indigenously developed polycentric prosthetic knee developed by IIT aims to improve the quality of life for thousands of above-knee amputees. India's first indigenously developed ...

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras researchers have launched India's first Polycentric Prosthetic Knee today, April 8. The indigenously-developed polycentric prosthetic knee aims to ...

More than 2 million Americans have lost a limb, and it's estimated there are 185,000 amputations every year. New technology in prosthetics is helping many amputees move forward. Robert Wright has kept ...

Chennai, April 8 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have launched India’s first indigenously developed polycentric prosthetic knee, which aims to improve the quality ...

Locomotor disability is a significant problem in India, with an estimated 1% of the population suffering from it. Of them, 7.7% are transfemoral amputees. Transfemoral amputation also known as “above ...

In Jaipur, India, about 150 patients show up every day at an organization that creates low-cost prosthetic limbs for people with mobility problems. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on ...

I have been an above-knee amputee for over 50 years. For the first 30 years, my prosthesis was balsa wood with a simple mechanical knee. I fell a lot, could only walk at one fixed speed, would sweat ...

How do microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees differ from traditional prosthetic knees? These prosthetics are a big change from traditional models. The knees are designed with a programmable ...

More than two million Americans have lost a limb and it’s estimated there are 185,000 amputations every year. Now new technology in prosthetics is helping many amputees move forward. Robert Wright has ...